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I'm responding to recent letters submitted by Vicki Norton, April 22 ("Letters to the Editor," View Neighborhood Newspapers), and Mr. Michael Pearlmutter, April 29 ("Letters to the Editor," View Neighborhood Newspapers), to the Sunrise View regarding the decline and degradation of their neighborhoods. I, too, have identical problems with neighbors who do not care about city code rules, and quite a few are not concerned about communicating due to language barriers.
For some 10 years, I've complained to all local agencies as Mr. Pearlmutter did, and I get the same run around from agency to agency and end up where I began. I will say, though, the Las Vegas City Code Enforcement Division does an outstanding job on enforcing "legit" complaints, but this agency is overwhelmed with calls about code breakers.
I've lived in my home 30 plus years, and I'm so depressed to see my area turning into a third-world country neighborhood. I'm too old to move, I, too, own my home, but I alone cannot win a losing battle, the same battles Ms. Norton and Mr. Pearlmutter are having. If one lives in an area going down, and there are no soldiers to assist on keeping areas decent, the battle is lost. It's a shame how various areas begin to degrade and if it goes on and on, it becomes too late to save it.
I'm at the southeast corner of Pecos (Road) and Owens (Avenue), and I stand alone; therefore, I'm stuck as the other two citizens are, Ms. Norton and Mr. Pearlmutter. Anyone else care to get involved and/or have solutions to cure neighborhoods becoming blighted, as Ms. Norton stated in her letter of complaints? Step forward.
Joseph F. Fiorentino
Sunrise Manor
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KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR A BETTER LAS VEGAS NEIGHBORHOOD (reprinted from "Letters To The Editor" section of the April 29th Edition of the Sunrise View)
My sympathies go out to Ms. Norton ("Letters to the Editor: Panorama subdivision of Sunrise no longer nice," View Neighborhood Newspapers, April 22). We have been fighting a similar problem, in Las Vegas, for the past several years. We have tried the homeowners association, police, mediation and animal control. Quite frankly, no one seemed to care or be able to do anything about it. However, I just found out through the District Attorney's office that a court date has finally been scheduled in October. This would make it three years since our first complaint. Things have somewhat improved since the offending party finally realized that the city, in this case, is going to get serious.
They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but there is no excuse for something like this to take this long. It would amaze you to hear the excuses that each named agency gave us for not being able to react. Keep at it, Vickie, as I'm sure there are plenty of others with the same complaint that just gave up. And another thing that our county and city officials don't realize is the animosity that builds up over this period of time between neighbors. It's not a healthy situation.
Michael Pearlmutter
Southeast Las Vegas
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PANORAMA SUBDIVISION OF SUNRISE NO LONGER NICE (reprinted from "Letters To The Editor" section of the April 22nd Edition of the Henderson Green Valley View)
I read the reader's view section of the Sunrise (View) Neighborhood newspaper and decided to write to you about my concerns for my neighborhood. I was one of the first residents in the Panorama subdivision 15 years ago. In the beginning it was a nice neighborhood, but in the last few years it has gone downhill, and quickly. The amount of trash on the streets, lack of supervision of the children by their parents and the number of animals I see roaming loose tends to destroy neighborhoods. I try and walk my dog every evening, but this is getting harder to do. The amount of dog feces on the sidewalks and the broken glass is almost impossible to get around. I cannot believe a dog owner would allow their dog to defecate on the sidewalk and then not clean it up. It makes me wonder how these people live in their own homes. My belief is your dwelling is just a small part of your home, and your neighborhood is the remainder. Would you leave feces on your living room floor? Would you allow your children to break bottles in your backyard? That's what you're doing when you don't pick up after your animal, or supervise your children. The attitude of it's not in my yard so why should I care doesn't fly. When you allow your neighborhood to become trashy and don't do anything about it, you are the problem. Your property values decrease, vandalism goes up, and it becomes an invitation to continue the behaviors. I pick up trash almost every day, but I can only do so much. It's time we all started taking pride in our homes and stop the behaviors now. I even had an acquaintance, not knowing where I lived, make the comment about this side of town being the "slums." Right now that isn't true, but if we don't do something, and soon, it will be.
Vickie Norton Sunrise Manor
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